1998 Algarve Cup

1998 Algarve Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Teams	8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	9
Final positions
Champions	Norway (4th title)
Runners-up	Denmark
Third place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	45 (2.81 per match)
Best player	Marianne Pettersen

The 1998 Algarve Cup was the fifth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's association football tournament. It took place between 15 and 21 March 1998 in Portugal with Norway winning the event for the fourth time in its history.

Format

The United States returned to the tournament, replacing Iceland.

The eight invited teams were split into two groups that played a round-robin tournament. On completion of this, the fourth placed teams in each group would play each other to determine seventh and eighth place, the third placed teams in each group would play each other to decide fifth and sixth place, the second placed teams in each group would play to determine third and fourth place and the winners of each group would compete for first and second place overall.

Points awarded in the group stage followed the standard formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Norway	6	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3
United States	6	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2
China PR	6	3	2	0	1	3	4	−1
Finland	0	3	0	0	3	0	4	−4

Norway  v  China PR

March 15, 1998

Norway	0–1	China PR

Olhão

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United States  v  Finland

March 15, 1998

United States	2–0	Finland

Olhão

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Norway  v  Finland

March 17, 1998

Norway	1–0	Finland
Riise

Loulé

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United States  v  China PR

March 17, 1998

United States	4–1	China PR

Loulé

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Norway  v  United States

March 19, 1998

Norway	4–1	United States
Pettersen Riise Lehn

Lagos

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China PR  v  Finland

March 19, 1998

China PR	1–0	Finland

Lagos

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Denmark	7	3	2	1	0	8	0	+8
Sweden	7	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3
Netherlands	3	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6
Portugal	0	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5

Denmark  v  Sweden

March 15, 1998

Denmark	0–0	Sweden

Vila Real de Santo António

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Netherlands  v  Portugal

March 15, 1998

Netherlands	2–1	Portugal

Vila Real de Santo António

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Sweden  v  Portugal

March 17, 1998

Sweden	2–0	Portugal

Silves

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Denmark  v  Netherlands

March 17, 1998

Denmark	6–0	Netherlands
2'  46' Gitte Krogh  9'  20'Birgit Christensen  77' Anne Dot Eggers Nielsen  83' Hanne Nørregaard	report

Silves

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Denmark  v  Portugal

March 19, 1998

Denmark	2–0	Portugal
15' Christina B. Petersen  60' Lene R. Jensen	report

Montechoro, Albufeira

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Sweden  v  Netherlands

March 19, 1998

Sweden	1–0	Netherlands

Montechoro, Albufeira

Seventh Place

Portugal  v  Finland

March 21, 1998

Portugal	2–2 (4–2) (PSO)	Finland
Patrícia Carla Couto

Paderne

Portugal finished bottom of their group for the fifth year in a row but won the match to decide seventh place on penalties after a 2–2 draw with Finland.

Fifth Place

China PR  v  Netherlands

March 21, 1998

China PR	3–2	Netherlands

Lagoa

Third Place

United States  v  Sweden

March 21, 1998

United States	3–1	Sweden
39' Foudy  85' (pen.) Chastain  87' Lilly		29' Ljungberg

Quarteira

Final

Norway  v  Denmark

March 21, 1998

Norway	4–1	Denmark
44' Haugenes  64' Lehn  82' Ørmen  84' Medalen		87' (pen.)

Loulé

Awards

1998 Algarve Cup
Norway Fourth title

Best player
Marianne Pettersen

External links

• 1998 Algarve Cup on RSSSF